Thread: Row As Labour Candidate Calls Queen 'Vermin'

Originally Posted by Dug

I don't believe that old chestnut one bit.

She is an important part of British history and I'm pleased she is still about, she doesn't get in the way of any day to day life of living in the UK, she is not beyond being critisized in public in the strongest possible fashion, she pays taxes just like the rest of the the people and she takes no money from the tax payer, in fact the taxpayer profits from the vast income from the Crown Estate, which owns great chunks of London, including Regent Street. Each monarch signs over these profits to the government in exchange for the much, much smaller Civil List. The family also bring in millions, perhaps billions of pounds in tourism-related revenue that the monarchy helps to pull into the UK

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Originally Posted by Dug

I don't believe that old chestnut one bit.

The family also bring in millions, perhaps billions of pounds in tourism-related revenue that the monarchy helps to pull into the UK

I don't believe that old chestnut one bit.